Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 269-291Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-005-0631-5
Keywords
agricultural industrialization; market concentration; farmer ethics; constrained behavior
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The industrialization of agriculture not only alters the ways in which agricultural production occurs, but it also impacts the decisions farmers make in important ways. First, constraints created by the economic environment of farming limit what options a farmer has available to him. Second, because of the industrialization of agriculture and the resulting economic pressures it creates for farmers, the fact that decisions are constrained creates new ethical challenges for farmers. Having fewer options when faced with severe economic pressures is a very different situation for farmers than having many options available. We discuss the implications of constrained choice and show that it increases the likelihood that farmers will consider unethical behavior.
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